- China’s new vice president, Wang Qishan, will be crucial to trade talks between the US and China.
- While China’s vice president has historically been a symbolic role, Wang will likely have a very hands-on approach domestically and internationally.
- Wang has a significant amount of experience as a trade negotiator with the US and Washington sees Wang more favorably than President Xi Jinping in the current climate.
China’s new Vice President Wang Qishan is the country’s best hope of avoiding a trade war with the US.
Wang, a close ally of President Xi Jinping, is a fierce negotiator with experience mediating US-China relations. Wang was a key player in US economic negotiations under former president Hu Jintao, and was named as one of the most influential people in the world by Time magazine.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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